If you had a busy week and need to catch up, here’s our recap of tech stories you may have missed the week of 11/01/21!

IT Operations

• The evolving role of CIO: 5 ways to thrive in the spotlight

• Digital transformation, IT spending, Windows 11, ransomware and more: Tech research roundup

• Stormy times for cloud compliance?

• Cloud computing in 2022 means containers, geopolitical frictions and automation

• How IT can navigate the hybrid work landscape

• Better security, access policies can combat cloud misconfigurations 

• 2022 will be the year of convergence between edge, IoT and networking tech

• Google Cloud unveils new public sector tools for a shifting policy landscape

• 83% of IT leaders believe the hybrid workforce is here to stay

Microsoft

• Microsoft to extend its 'enterprise metaverse' strategy with Mesh for Teams

• Microsoft is adding more AI smarts and other new tools to Office

• Microsoft just expanded its malware protection for Linux servers

• Microsoft just fixed the Windows 11 problem caused by an expired digital certificate

• Microsoft Loop aims to foster real-time collaboration

• Microsoft's cloud-connected on-prem database: SQL Server 2022 rolls out in private preview

VMware

• Announcing New Kubernetes Connectivity Map from VMware Carbon Black

• Discover the Value of New Azure VMware Solution Labs

Cisco

• Get patching: Cisco warns of these critical product vulnerabilities

• Cisco Secure Firewall to support Microsoft Azure Gateway Load Balancer

• End-to-End flow state validation from Nexus Dashboard Insights Connectivity Analysis

• What's new in Cisco DNA Software: SD-WAN and Routing

HPE

• 3 benefits of HPE's hybrid cloud automation platform & why we just won a TSIA Award for it

AWS

• Amazon CloudFront introduces Response Headers Policies

• Introducing cross-account Amazon ECR access for AWS Lambda

• Now Available: Updated guidance on the Data Analytics Lens for AWS Well-Architected Framework

Security

• FBI: Ransomware groups tying attacks to 'significant financial events'

• US offers $10 million reward for information on DarkSide leaders, $5 million for affiliates

• Cybersecurity, the pandemic and the 2021 holiday shopping season: A perfect storm

• US government orders federal agencies to patch 100s of vulnerabilities

• IT's most 'anxiety-inducing' cyberattacks of 2021

• Cisco Talos reports new variant of Babuk ransomware targeting Exchange servers

• Voice phishing attack spoofs Amazon to steal credit card information

• Report: More than half of organizations do not effectively defend against cyberattacks